Share your pearls of wisdom about babies' sleep with Pampers and you could win a £200 John Lewis voucher NOW CLOSED

[AngelieMumsnet]

We’ve been asked by Pampers to find out what Mumsnetters’ pearls of wisdom are for getting your little one to sleep as much as they need.

Pampers say “Getting your baby to sleep as much as they need is the holy grail for parents, and everyone loves hearing their baby wake up in the morning with a giggle. Whether it’s teething, wind, or a damp nappy that’s disrupting those golden hours, every parent has their own tried and tested methods to help guarantee their little one has a restful slumber. Pampers Baby-Dry nappies with Micro PearlsTM stay up to 2 times drier than ordinary nappies, giving your baby the sleep they need to wake up giggling.”

Pampers are asking Mumsnetters to share their own pearls of wisdom for babies' sleep. They want you to post the useful nuggets of advice, the most valuable tips, which worked for your baby and which could help another baby to get a bit more shut-eye.

Whatever your top baby sleep tips are, Pampers would love to hear them.

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one winner will receive a £200 John Lewis voucher.

Please note your comments may be included on Pampers social media channels, and possibly elsewhere, so please only post if you're comfortable with this.

Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

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Don't make your child over warm and over stimulated. Keep bedtimes calm and quiet and always put baby down before they are too sleepy.

wind down time before bed so baby is nice and relaxed

Definitley a warm bath and a story every night helps to settle them!

All babies are different. Finding out what works for yours is going to be trial and error. Listen to your instincts as to what works for you and them.

And DONT listen to what other mums are telling you about their sleeping through the night babies #notstillbitter.

Routine has always been best.

deffo don't put them in bed with you, make sure in own cot - warm barm, milk bed - works a treat for us

Try to get into a routine.

Don't feel you have to stick to rigid feed times meaning you have to wake baby up. Let them sleep when they need it.

Routine, bath, milk bed!

Establishing a regular routine is important, even when they do wake up at all hours! A bath and lots of relaxed time before sleep really helps them (and me!)

Don't get stressed by what other people tell you should be happening, or try to take on board too much advice. Rely on the support of friends and family when you are tired, and remember that being too stressed about it will only stress out your baby.

Routine for us - same every day. Relaxing bath, a quiet story and maybe a little song - I often sing twinkle twinkle or something like that. Then not too much fuss when it's time for lights out - worked well for us.

It helped my two DDs to sleep if I was relaxed and not stressing myself out about them not sleeping as can soon get into a vicious circle! I found a calming lavender smelling warm bath before nighttime sleeps helped along with a good feed before I put them down. Every child different though & I don't think there's a magic formula- one of my DDs would fall asleep at the drop of a at when she was rocked in her bouncy chair or out in the car, while the other would carry on crying! In hindsight & with experience I would say to any new mum that its a phase & will end! Before you know it they will be teenagers & you will have the opposite problem.

I have four children and am one of the lucky one whose children have all slept really well at night and from an early age. My eldest three were each two years apart and the youngest was born 7 years after the third child. I definitely notice(d) a difference in having one so much younger than the others as her routine and sleeping pattern has never been as good as the others.

I believe that, for my children anyway, putting them to sleep in their own room as soon as they came out of hospital made a huge difference. Because we have dogs and cats that sleep in bedrooms, I wanted my babies to be able to go to bed and not have the worry of the cat sleeping on them etc. Therefore it was straight into a routine once we got home. The room each child was in as a newborn had a spare bed which meant that, if very restless, I could cuddle them in the spare bed or put them in their cot but be alongside to comfort and reassure. It worked for me and all three older children developed a really good bedtime routine. As my teenage daughter now likes to remind me - when she started secondary school, she asked if she could go to bed later than 7.30pm!!

Thanks for all your comments! The winner of the prize draw is littleme96 :)